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West Yarmouth, MA

6,194 Population
6.7 square miles 925.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.9 ±10.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 55.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,853 ±$9,360 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $62,086 ±$1,573
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,841 ±$16,239 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $95,241 ±$2,510
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±3.9% (545  ±243) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.7% 17,567 (±0.7% / ±1,500)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±9.1 (58,050  ±23,853) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 24.8 2,287,865 (±1 / ±103,930)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,087 ±372 Number of households
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 105,777 ±1,344
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (6,096  ±813) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 2.2 228,709 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

13% ±13.2% (130  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,613 (±1.1% / ±421)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,066 ±304 Number of housing units
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 166,215 ±74
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$494,600 ±$42,231 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $629,000 ±$7,027
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±4.9% (586  ±301.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.2% 21,242 (±0.7% / ±1,670.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±4.4% (4,618  ±594.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 96.2% 176,819 (±1.8% / ±3,295)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.1% ±5.2% (1,945  ±348.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 48.2% 88,626 (±1.2% / ±2,204)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

20.3% ±7.2% (1,259  ±477) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.9% 22,931
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±2.9% (327  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.1% 14,125 (±0.4% / ±794)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
327 Total veterans ±158 291 Male ±135 36 Female ±57

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